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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2009
Applicant:
Bart Dierickx, Edegem, BE;
Inventor:
Bart Dierickx, Edegem, BE;
Assignees:
Caeleste CVBA, Edegem, BE;
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/44 (2006.01); H01J 40/14 (2006.01); H03F 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pixel for the detection of electromagnetic radiation or impinging high energy particles, in particular for detecting X-ray photons, including a radiation receptor for converting the electromagnetic radiation or impinging high energy particles into a radiation signal, a converter for converting the radiation signal into a pulse train, and an analog accumulator for accumulating the pulses of a pulse train to an analog signal for readout. The analog accumulator is adapted such that the analog signal is non-linearly proportional to the pulse count. Such non-linear analog accumulator has the advantage of an large dynamic range.